Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] into a " in BNC.

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1 The machine had a massive storage capacity which could nevertheless fit into a handbag .
2 Law firms could thus spread into a wider range of businesses , just as accountants have pushed into management consulting , and commercial banks into stockbroking .
3 He could not walk into a room without arousing a response .
4 For these reasons , a barter-based economy could not develop into a sophisticated modern economy in which the buying and selling of goods and services takes place on a continuous basis .
5 I could not get into a routine because there was nothing to get into a routine with !
6 And er if we could just go into a little bit about , this was in Hucknall ?
7 ‘ Ecstasy has similar effects , and this song could easily sink into a youngster 's subconscious . ’
8 Writing from his prison cell in the Republic where he is serving 10 years for armed robbery , McGlinchey claimed he could easily tap into a central databank of RUC files .
9 Adams ( 1985b ) illustrates this kind of difficulty in showing how a subject with good vision in the right eye , but perception of light only in the left eye , could easily bump into a half-open door before realising it was there .
10 Clarify , however , is positioning itself against the others as the most ‘ haute couture ’ of the breed , the kind of house that could easily mushroom into a $100m enterprise in just a few years .
11 Perhaps the Minister could also go into a little more detail about the criteria that are being used when making his decisions .
12 Fran ignored the remark , terrified that the conversation could fast deteriorate into a verbal battle if she let it , although she would have dearly loved to know what he meant .
13 When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem .
14 You could n't go into a restaurant on The Strip if you did n't have a black tie .
15 Who knows , with the right song and promotion , she could even head into a harder , rockier realm .
16 But it is no good ; I do n't know if you could even get into a home . ’
17 Martin Pipe 's decent handicapper Vagog could well run into a place .
18 Needwood Muppet , 25–1 with Coral , could well run into a place .
19 Sunday Punch , 25–1 with William Hill , is out of the handicap but could well run into a place .
20 A young research social scientist could well go into a factory and tell the people she worked with that she was a student on a placement for , say , three months , learning about the realities of factory work , when in fact she was a graduate research worker carrying out a carefully planned study of labour-management relationships .
21 Turf him out of it , and the debate between ‘ traditionalists ’ and ‘ modernisers ’ could well turn into a conflagration .
22 They 're not actually prepared to go in to diagnosing dementia which I think is very wise of them but it means that you could then get into a very interesting discussion about whether we 're talking about people with dementia or about people who are simply confused .
23 A banquet could evidently develop into a nasty clash between the cook and the gardener .
24 ‘ I could never go into a home , ’ said Aunt Louise quickly , and with such authority and finality that I dismissed homes from my mind .
25 ‘ I could never go into a home , ’ she said .
26 The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do .
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